Stain Pride, Embrace Humility

Neville's Inner Vision

Listen to Isaiah 23:9 as a map of your inner life. The LORD of hosts—your highest I AM, the internal governor—has purposed to stain the pride of all glory and to bring into contempt the honourable of the earth. This is not a punishment but a correction in your state of consciousness. When you clothe yourself in external boasts, you awaken a countermanding current within you; the more you seek worldly praise, the more your inner assurance is unsettled, and the inner light dims. Neville's method says: assume the feeling of your true being, not as a boast but as a quiet alignment with divine order. Pride dissolves when you imagine yourself already standing in humility as a vessel through which Providence operates. In that stance, the so-called judgments of the world lose their weight, and your imagination can breathe freely, bringing forth orderly, useful expression. The 'contempt' of esteem becomes inner clarity, a gift that frees you to act from love rather than need.